The law adopted by the Bundestag allows adults to use, as well as possess and grow cannabis in limited quantities.
The representation of the federal states of Germany – the Bundesrat – has approved the law on the partial legalization of cannabis. Ukrinform reported this on Friday, March 22.
The Minister of Health, Karl Lauterbach, who addressed the representatives of the states, emphasized that in recent years the use of drugs bought on the black market among children and adolescents has doubled, and the number of deaths from drugs also doubled. He added that he is also against the legalization of cannabis, but “research shows that a new proposal is needed here.”
The law, proposed by the ruling coalition and previously approved by the Bundestag, allows adults to use, as well as possess and grow cannabis in limited quantities. Adults over the age of 18 will be allowed to possess up to 25 grams of cannabis for personal use and store up to 50 grams at home. Three plants can be grown.
From July, the “cannabis club” will be allowed to grow and buy the drug in limited quantities. Its public consumption will be allowed “on a limited basis” and outside the visibility of children and youth institutions, sports facilities, etc. Cannabis will remain prohibited for minors.
The decision was supposed to take effect on April 1, but the CDU/CSU bloc said it would reject the law if it won the next parliamentary election.
Source: korrespondent
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